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    Ultradian Rhythms

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    can usually be used to indicate that the onset of sleep has occurred‚ and that the person is no longer awake. As well as a change in electrical activity‚ the persons core body temperature will also drop and their heart-beat slow down. As the sleeper goes into Stage 2 of sleep‚ their brain waves become even slower and a greater amplitude. These are called theta waves. This shows that the brain is becoming increasingly more relaxed. During this stage of sleep‚ it is common to experience sudden

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    Indian Railways Analysis

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    | Indian Railways | Prepared By | | Mahesh G | | | Contents Scope: 2 Indian Railways - Background: 2 Market Structure: 6 Conclusion: 9 Bibliography: 10 Scope: This brief study aims at analyzing the market structure of Indian Railways. It starts with the history of railways and explores the various characteristics of railways. It also provides a brief comparison of Indian railways vis-à-vis World Railway system. Indian Railways - Background: Indian railways

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    Indian Railways

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    Indian Railways (Hindi: भारतीय रेल Bhāratīya Rail)‚ abbreviated as IR (Hindi: भा.रे.)‚ is the state-owned railway company of India‚ which owns and operates most of the country’s rail transport. It is overseen by the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India. Indian Railways has more than 64‚015 kilometres (39‚777 mi)[5] of track and 6‚909 stations. It has the world’s fourth largest railway network after that of the United States‚ Russia and China.[5] The railways traverse the length and breadth

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    Creepy monsters sneaking up on you in your bed‚ enclosing walls‚ a pitch-black room with killers in it. Sitting up and screaming wide-eyed in bed‚ sweating‚ heart racing. There is nothing one can do to wake them. The whole incident is somehow forgotten by morning. This sleep parasomnia called a night terror can cause disruptions in relationships. For some‚ night terrors control their lives. The five to thirty minutes of terror (Iannelli) once or twice a month (Jones) usually disappear by the age

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    The Jaguar By Ted Hughes

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    similes ‘as if they were on fire’ and ‘strut like cheap tarts’ to add visual imagery‚ parrots that are acting desperately and unnaturally for attention and food In stanza 2‚ the empty cage ‘stinks of sleepers from the breathing straw!’ though both sibilance and olfactory imagery ‘stinks of sleepers’ the reader comprehends the unhealthy‚ foetid environment. The personification in ‘breathing straw’ suggests the straw has more presence than caged animals. The reader sees and smells a dark prison with

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    that the ‘boa-constrictor’s coil is a fossil’‚ all which encourage the reader to think of stillness‚ boredom and lethargy. We imagine slow moving animals in their cages‚ all sleepy‚ uninterested and still. Hughes’s uses words such as ´boredom´‚ ´sleepers´ and ´fatigued’ in order to accentuate this image. The third verse‚ however‚ presents a change in descriptive language when we are presented with descriptions of the jaguar. Suddenly‚ a shift in mood and energy is perceptible as the feline is described

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    Fiction vs. Reality

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    Cited: Orwell‚ George. Animal Farm;. New York: Harcourt‚ Brace‚ 1954. Print. "Sleeper effect - Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia." Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 19 Jan. 2012. .

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    temperature rises as morning comes. B. REM Sleep – during sleep there is rapid eye movement that is a recurring sleep stage in which dreams occur. The muscles are relaxed but other body systems remain active. Stage 1 of the sleep cycle – the sleeper experiences “hallucinations” that doesn’t occur with sensory stimulus. Stage 1 is very brief and is probably when alpha waves occur‚ slow waves of a relaxed‚ awake state. Stage 2 of the sleep cycle – It lasts for about 20 minutes‚

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    Co-sleeping: Sleep and Bed

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    Although taboo in Western culture‚ co-sleeping is making a comeback. After the retraction of previous statements against co-sleeping‚ Dr. Richard Ferber‚ child sleep guru‚ has now sided with a family’s decision to share a bed with their infants. Although the American Society of Pediatrics warns that sleeping with your infant can increase the risk of sudden infant death syndrome‚ the exact cause of SIDS is still unknown. The emotional benefits of sharing a bed with your baby can be enormous and some

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    Nightmare Disorder. Nightmare Disorder was formally known as Dream Anxiety Disorder. The main feature of this disorder is the repetitive occurrence of scary dreams that awake the dreamer from their sleep. These awakenings can cause great distress to the sleeper‚ and can also

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